The maniples were typically deployed into three discrete lines based on the three heavy infantry types.

These mechanisms produce discrete spectral lines and do not have the broad "tail" of invisible infrared emissions.

However, when light from these various sources was passed through a prism, they found a dark background with discrete lines.

Magnetic fields are continuous, and do not have discrete lines.

Instead, the legislators' projects will be spelled out in discrete lines of the budget.

Using Geiger's recently developed Geiger counter, he was able to demonstrate that beta radiation produced a continuous spectrum, and not discrete lines as had been thought.

The existence of discrete spectral lines was later explained by the Bohr model of the atom, which helped lead to quantum mechanics.

In Latin the word cento means "patchwork," and the verse form resembles a quilt of discrete lines stitched together to make a whole.

He covers the grate with silver paint, and then etches in discrete black lines until the letters of his signature emerge.

There are not really discrete "lines" but a continuous "field", an invisible cocoon of electricity surrounding the fish's body.